2,000-year-old burial found in Russia near a human sacrifice and a cup to ward off magical threats
The warrior was buried with the remains of his weapons and his horse near the center of the ancient necropolis in the Kuban region near the
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‘I won’t trust AI’: Readers share mixed reaction to AI tools that calculate people’s biological ages
Scientists are harnessing the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to measure people’s biological ages . Unlike chronological age, or the number of years a person
Flu season is kicking off early — are you getting a vaccine?
Flu season in the U.S. typically starts around late October or early November and peaks between December and February. But new data reveals that the
To turn invisible, we need to tweak the path light travels
Turning invisible is a handy superpower in fiction — we don’t see you, Sue Storm! — but the technology to make it work in real
A duo goes against the tide to explain an origin of human endurance
Theories that aquatic foraging drove human evolution have a fraught past. But the pair argue it granted stamina that other primates lack.
Multicolored ‘mosaic’ of mini farms surrounds Taiwan’s largest river — Earth from space
QUICK FACTS Where is it? Yunlin County, Chianan Plain, Taiwan [23.78563273, 120.44373747] What’s in the photo? A multicolored ‘mosaic’ of small, tightly compacted farms Which
‘The back of her head had been removed by a single blow from a sharp blade’: Archaeological clues are revealing the horrific lives and deaths of the people enslaved by Vikings
Slavery has existed for thousands of years, permeating ancient and modern societies across the world. The Vikings were no different. Enslaved people were valuable commodities
‘It gives us a glimpse of a different kind of Viking life’: Archaeologist Neil Price on the sea-kings, sorcerers and Sámi who lived during the Viking Age
In the early medieval period, the Vikings were just one part of a vast tapestry of Scandinavians who ruled, sailed, traded and fought around the
What happens when you lose your voice?
Losing your voice can feel like losing part of yourself. Can voice-cloning technology help people find themselves again?
Artemis II Crew at NASA Marshall
The crew of NASA’s Artemis II mission visited NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama on Sept. 1, 2026.
Is ‘Attention’ the Essence of Intelligence?
Everything that’s swept the world since the 2022 release of ChatGPT — “the AI economy”; data centers; chatbots acting as best friends, doctors, and mathematicians;
‘Autonomy always begins with something a human hands it’: Who’s responsible when an AI agent goes rogue?
An OpenAI agent was supposed to be researching public healthcare spending, but it broke into an Australian government website instead. The June 18 hack, which
1,200-year-old burial in Latvia holds people who died of ‘sharp force’ injuries, possibly from a Viking raid
Six people buried in a single grave in Latvia more than 1,000 years ago may have been killed in a bloody Viking raid, a new
Scarred blood vessels may be one clue to APOE4’s Alzheimer’s risk
Scientists know APOE4 raises Alzheimer’s risk. A surprising change in blood vessel cells may help explain how.